The Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy invite applications for several faculty positions, tenure-track, at the Assistant Professor level. More senior appointments could be considered in exceptional cases. The Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy is funded by NASA and was created to support research and education in the areas of relativistic astrophysics (especially of sources of gravitational radiation), modeling of gravitational wave sources and gravitational wave data analysis. At this time the center program involves six faculty, four postdoctoral researchers, and a significant number of graduate and undergraduate students. It also supports a very active visitors' program and has exceptionally good computing facilities, including the exclusive use of two Beowulf clusters. This search is targeting in particular individuals that show great promise of research at the interface of the areas described above. The center includes faculty and scientists who are members of the LIGO Scientific collaboration and UTB is a LIGO I member of the collaboration.
The center also very actively supports research related to the LISA mission and is a charter members of the GriPhyN and iVDGL projects, two large-scale NSF-funded projects that will form the world's first global "computational grid", providing a Petabyte scale computational resource for major scientific experiments in physics, astronomy, biology and engineering, including LIGO. Candidates must therefore be capable of and committed to research relevant to the study of gravitational wave sources in the LISA band. The successful candidates will show, in addition to the potential to develop a strong independent research program, an interest in contributing to high-quality teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Requirements: A Ph.D. in Physics or a closely related field and evidence of potential to:
(i) conduct independent research in any of these areas: gravitational astrophysics, source simulations, gravitational wave data analysis
(ii) successfully teach undergraduate and graduate physics courses
(iii) supervise M.S. and Ph.D. students
(iv) obtain extramural funding
To be considered, the candidate must send:
(1) a letter of application addressing the qualifications above
(2) a curriculum vitae, including a list of publications and funded projects
(3) a three-page research plan, describing the relevance of the planned research to the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy
(4) a description of teaching experience and interests
The candidate must also arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation sent to:
Dr. Manuela Campanelli
Chair, Search Committee
Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Texas at Brownsville
attn: Leslie Gomez, Secretary
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
A copy of items 1) and 2) must be mailed to:
Human Resources
The University of Texas at Brownsville
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
Screening of applicants will begin on January 15, 2004, and will continue until the position is filled.
The University of Texas at Brownsville is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants receive equal consideration in the selection process. We encourage applicants from members of traditionally under represented groups protected under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Vietnam Era, and persons with physical disabilities.
